Chapter 407: How to leave a battalion of soldiers and horses
In the dark night, the fire was burning brightly, and the still-dry wood emitted thick green smoke when burning, making the surroundings filled with smoke. Li Zicheng's face was hidden in the smoke, giving people a mysterious feeling.
It was not without reason that Li Zicheng chose to move to Hubei. During this battle, Li Zicheng was deeply troubled by the shortage of food and grass on his side. If Li Zicheng had sufficient food and grass, he could completely surround Luoyang and slowly find a way to attack Luoyang.
It can also be said that Luoyang was besieged and he could easily attack other cities. However, due to the lack of food, he had to adopt extreme methods and use human sea tactics to attack the city. The final result was that 70,000 to 80,000 hungry soldiers were deployed.
Within a few days, they were all turned into corpses on the ground.
Although this was caused by Li Zicheng's cruelty, it was also a sign of helplessness.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Li Zicheng decided to head to Hubei. There has been a saying in China since ancient times that "Huguang cooked enough for the world", which means that as long as the food in Hunan and Hubei is mature, people all over the world will not have to worry about food.
Although this statement is somewhat exaggerated, it also illustrates the sufficiency of food in Huguang. According to statistics, in the 10th year of Yongle, Hubei alone exported 3 million dan of grain, which shows that Hubei's food is sufficient.
Now, realizing his shortcomings, Li Zicheng was eyeing Hubei, a major grain-producing province. He was confident that as long as he led his troops to capture Hubei, his army would definitely grow like a snowball again.
Seeing the astonished looks and tone of his subordinates, Li Zicheng nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, as long as we get to Hubei, we will have endless food. Besides, Hubei is much richer than Henan. As long as we can attack
Going to Hubei, even if we have a foothold, as long as we have the territory we will continue to take advantage of the imperial court's challenge, so I decided to send troops to Hubei overnight tonight. "At dawn on the second day of June, the guards on the Luoyang City Wall
The army was surprised to find that the bandits who originally surrounded them had disappeared without a trace overnight except for the bodies left on the ground and the yellow and white stuff they discharged.
"As expected, Li Ziguo ran away!"
Pang Gang stood on the city wall, looking at the messy Yuan Chuang Army garrison outside the city. He sighed softly and turned to ask the black body behind him: "Hei Qianhu, have you sent out all the troops who have not been arrested at night?"
Heitie behind Pang Gang said respectfully: "Sir, I humbly sent out all the Ye Bu Sushou early this morning. I believe we will be able to find traces of the bandits soon."
Pang Gang nodded: "Well, just order Ye Buzui to hang them from a distance and don't conflict with the thieves."
"Yes!" Heitie saluted Pang Gang and left.
"Deng Deng ha,"
After the black iron opened, there was a burst of rapid footsteps, and soon Liu Yuliang's voice rang out: "Man Pangda, I heard that the bandits withdrew overnight, why didn't you go after them?"
"Chase!" Pang Gang turned around in a funny way, just in time to see Liu Yuliang leading Li Xianfeng, Lu Weiqi and others hurriedly up the city wall. Pang Gang said: "Master Liu, now we don't even know which direction the thieves are running in. Let me ask you.
How to pursue them? Besides, although the thieves have retreated, they have left behind very troublesome things. We have to deal with them as soon as possible, otherwise it will cause a catastrophe!"
Liu Yuliang said impatiently: "What else could be more important than chasing down the bandits? Besides, even the rebels escaped, what kind of disaster could there be?"
"Why not!" Pang Gang pointed to the outside of the city and said: "Sir, please see, after several days of fierce fighting, there are tens of thousands of corpses scattered outside the city. The weather is hot at this time. If these corpses cannot be processed within two days, etc.
If the body rots, think about the consequences!"
"plague!"
As soon as Pang Gang said these words, everyone's expressions changed. In ancient times, the level of medical treatment was underdeveloped. For them, the plague was a terminal disease, and it was a large-scale terminal disease. If the plague spread in Luoyang, who among them would
There is no guarantee that I will survive.
After being shocked, Liu Yuliang gritted his teeth: "What a vicious rebel. I think he deliberately left these corpses lying in the wilderness without restraining himself, just to cause trouble for us. No wonder he dared to retreat so boldly without fear."
*Qing Yierya* He still had a backup plan for our pursuit and feelings."
"What do you think." Pang Gang said with a wry smile: "If Jian Ni was so easy to deal with, Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou wouldn't have spent several years trying to deal with him and compressed them into a corner of Shaanxi. It's a pity, it's really
I don’t know what the emperor was thinking. He was about to wipe out all the bandits, but he let them run away."
Speaking of this, Liu Yuliang couldn't help but blush. Although it was not his idea to transfer Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting back to the capital, he voted in favor at the time. At that time, Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, the capital was empty, and people were panicked, so Chongzhen decided to transfer Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting back to the capital.
Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were transferred to Beijing to defend Jingzai. However, when they arrived, the Qing troops did not behave as usual. They just passed by both sides of the capital and had no intention of attacking Beijing. After receiving the report, Chongzhen also regretted it.
Unexpectedly, because of his suspicion, Lu Xiangsheng, who was loyal to him, died in the battle. One hundred thousand elites suffered heavy losses, and the rest scattered like birds and beasts and returned to their own stations. In the end, Hong Chengchou's army had to be transferred, so that for several years
After hard work, millions of taels of silver were all wasted.
Of course, the stubborn Chongzhen would never admit the above mistakes. This is very similar to some people in later generations who would not admit their mistakes even if they were killed. Naturally, the court would never do such a shameful thing.
Admittedly, when I first heard Pang Gang mentioning old things again, even a person like Liu Yuliang, who had long since developed a thick-skinned person, felt a little ashamed. Of course, it was only for a moment.
Chongzhen, who wanted to wipe out the bandits, heard that Li Zicheng had fled to Henan, so he ordered Liu Yuliang to governor Henan Province. If Liu Yuliang could annihilate or capture Li Zicheng alive, it would be a great achievement. That's why Liu Yuliang came so anxiously to urge Pang.
We have just sent out troops to pursue the rogue bandits.
But now he followed Pang Gang's finger and looked out, and he suddenly became speechless. Pang Gang was right. If the tens of thousands of corpses outside the city were not dealt with properly, it would definitely lead to a large-scale plague.
In desperation, Liu Yuliang just shut his mouth obediently. After Pang Gang finished speaking, he said to Li Xianfeng beside Liu Yuliang: "Governor Li, I have troubled you with this matter. Please mobilize two thousand young people and a large amount of lime."
, we can’t do it too well, so we can just dig a dozen big pits and bury them all.”
Li Xianfeng nodded, "Damn it, I'll do it now." The governor was also a man of his word, and after saying hello to Pang Gang, he went down to the city.
Seeing Li Xianfeng descending the city wall, Pang Gang turned around, stared at Liu Yuliang with piercing eyes, and said with a half-smile: "Master Liu, I have fulfilled my promise, I don't know how much money you have prepared."
How's it going?"
When Liu Yuliang heard this, he burst into tears and laughed, "My General Pang, do you think these two hundred thousand taels of silver are just cabbage? You must give me some time to raise them."
"Okay then." Pang Gang was not convinced. "I will leave in three days. I hope I can see this money before departure."
Although Liu Yuliang was dissatisfied with Pang Gang's attitude towards him, he tolerated it because he could get a lot of benefits from this errand. However, Pang Gang's next words made his heart skip a beat.
As if carelessly and intentionally or unintentionally, Pang Gang pondered for a while and then said: "Master Liu, if the general sets out in three days, the Luoyang city defense will become empty again. What will you do if the thieves leave and come back?
"
"Excellent, this is unlikely, right?" Liu Yuliang's expression suddenly changed. Although he said it was impossible, his eyes looked at Lu Weiqi, the former Minister of War beside him.
Lu Weiqi also stroked his beard and pondered for a while before hesitating and said: "This may be very small, but it is not impossible. If the bandits attack again..." When the factory said this, everyone understood that even if they annihilated them in the past few days,
We have killed so many bandits, but that is all the Qingzhou Army's fault. If the Chuang Army attacks again after the Qingzhou Army leaves, Luoyang City will still be finished.
Liu Yuliang and Lu Weiqi are in trouble. The Qingzhou Army is not under their jurisdiction. They can't let Pang Gang stay in Luoyang all the time. The emperor won't let him either.
Seeing the embarrassment between Liu Yuliang and Liu Yuliang, Pang Gang smiled and said: "Well, the general has an idea. After the general leaves, he can leave a battalion of soldiers and horses to station in Luoyang to assist the people in Luoyang to defend the city.
, what do you two think?"
"Well, as soon as Pang Gang said this, Lu Weiqi's originally cloudy eyes suddenly shot out a ray of light and stared at Pang Gang's face, and his expression became serious.
Pang Gang's heart also jumped, and he pretended to be nonchalant and said: "Of course, if you two think it's not necessary, forget it. Anyway, I will be leaving in three days. This is just a carrot for me to worry about.
The general never said it would be okay at the end of the day."
Although Pang Gang said so, he secretly sneered in his heart: You guys can just ask me to come and spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and some food and grass. Pang Gang looked at Lu Weiqi and Liu Yuliang closely.
As soon as the word "no" pops out of their mouths, he will find more than ten ways to plunge Luoyang City into chaos again, even if he personally appears as a rogue bandit.
Governor Liu Yuliang was not very wary of Pang Gang. In his heart, Pang Gang was just a local general who was very powerful but greedy for money.!~!
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